diff --git a/src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_outgoing.ts b/src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_outgoing.ts
index 040d7409d1e7..ff532fd36be6 100644
--- a/src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_outgoing.ts
+++ b/src/js/ahead-of-time/node/_http_outgoing.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // What the compiler reads in place of src/js/node/_http_outgoing.ts, which `bun run` evaluates. The two do the same.
-// Written against that file with the SHA-256 17a5f190f17251c9b4bea8ce90880918a91fffc6329dddc4d5ee859370eb9709.
+// Written against that file with the SHA-256 88cc609e812d2ff8933707581fee5dd0d2bb35619f0dbcfe268a07ec05c0e9f4.
 // When that file changes, bring the change here and write the new hash: test/internal/second-texts-of-modules.test.ts.
 
 // Hardcoded module "node:_http_outgoing"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function isContentDispositionField(s: string) {
 
 declare global {
   namespace $Node {
-    interface OutgoingMessageOptions extends EventEmitterOptions {
+    interface OutgoingMessageOptions {
       highWaterMark?: number;
       rejectNonStandardBodyWrites?: boolean;
     }
@@ -282,12 +282,11 @@ function OutgoingMessage(
   rejectNonStandardBodyWrites: boolean | undefined = undefined,
   keepAliveTimeout: number | undefined = undefined,
 ) {
+  Stream.$call(this, undefined);
   if (options === kHandle) {
-    Stream.$call(this, undefined);
     highWaterMark ??= getDefaultHighWaterMark();
     if (rejectNonStandardBodyWrites === undefined) rejectNonStandardBodyWrites = false;
   } else {
-    Stream.$call(this, options);
     keepAliveTimeout = 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/js/node/_http_outgoing.ts b/src/js/node/_http_outgoing.ts
index 6e5276f4afd1..68892116f619 100644
--- a/src/js/node/_http_outgoing.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/_http_outgoing.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ function isContentDispositionField(s) {
 }
 
 function OutgoingMessage(options) {
-  Stream.$call(this, options);
+  // As in node, Stream gets no options. `undefined` and not a missing argument: that call needs no arity fix-up.
+  Stream.$call(this, undefined);
 
   // Queue that holds all currently pending data, until the response will be
   // assigned to the socket (until it will its turn in the HTTP pipeline).
diff --git a/src/js/node/child_process.ts b/src/js/node/child_process.ts
index 3102c2a468c4..cdd532bfe1d5 100644
--- a/src/js/node/child_process.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/child_process.ts
@@ -1161,6 +1161,11 @@ class ChildProcess extends EventEmitter {
   channel;
   killed = false;
 
+  // Not the default constructor, which hands its arguments to EventEmitter. Node's takes none.
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
   [Symbol.dispose]() {
     if (!this.killed) {
       this.kill();
diff --git a/test/aot/parallel/library-modules/http-messages-hand-no-options-to-the-emitter.mjs b/test/aot/parallel/library-modules/http-messages-hand-no-options-to-the-emitter.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0080ee410a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/aot/parallel/library-modules/http-messages-hand-no-options-to-the-emitter.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// `captureRejections` in the options of an OutgoingMessage or a ServerResponse does nothing, as in node: EventEmitter is handed no options.
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
+import http from "node:http";
+
+// An emitter that captures rejections calls then() of the promise that a listener returns.
+function captures(emitter) {
+  let called = false;
+  const promise = Promise.resolve();
+  promise.then = () => {
+    called = true;
+  };
+  emitter.on("asked", () => promise);
+  emitter.emit("asked");
+  return called;
+}
+const request = () => ({ method: "GET", httpVersionMajor: 1, httpVersionMinor: 1, headers: {} });
+class Message extends http.OutgoingMessage {}
+class Response extends http.ServerResponse {}
+function Called(req, options) {
+  http.ServerResponse.call(this, req, options);
+}
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Called.prototype, http.ServerResponse.prototype);
+
+for (const [label, make] of [
+  ["new OutgoingMessage", options => new http.OutgoingMessage(options)],
+  ["a class that extends OutgoingMessage", options => new Message(options)],
+  ["new ServerResponse", options => new http.ServerResponse(request(), options)],
+  ["a class that extends ServerResponse", options => new Response(request(), options)],
+  ["ServerResponse called on an object", options => new Called(request(), options)],
+]) {
+  for (const captureRejections of [true, "yes"]) {
+    let answer;
+    try {
+      answer = captures(make({ captureRejections }));
+    } catch (error) {
+      answer = error.code;
+    }
+    console.log(`${label}, captureRejections ${JSON.stringify(captureRejections)}: ${answer}`);
+  }
+  EventEmitter.captureRejections = true;
+  try {
+    console.log(`${label}, while EventEmitter.captureRejections is true: ${captures(make())}`);
+  } finally {
+    EventEmitter.captureRejections = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process-node.test.js b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process-node.test.js
index 4a5b29897903..52df3bccfa47 100644
--- a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process-node.test.js
+++ b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process-node.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { bunEnv, bunExe, isWindows } from "harness";
 import { createTest } from "node-harness";
 import { ChildProcess, exec, fork, spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import util from "node:util";
@@ -58,6 +59,52 @@ describe("ChildProcess.constructor", () => {
   it("should be a function", () => {
     strictEqual(typeof ChildProcess, "function");
   });
+
+  // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.3.0/lib/internal/child_process.js#L255-L256
+  it("hands its arguments to no EventEmitter, like Node.js", () => {
+    // An emitter that captures rejections calls then() of the promise that a listener returns.
+    const captures = emitter => {
+      let calls = 0;
+      const promise = Promise.resolve();
+      promise.then = () => void calls++;
+      emitter.on("asked", () => promise);
+      emitter.emit("asked");
+      return calls > 0;
+    };
+    class Heir extends ChildProcess {}
+    const answers = {};
+    for (const [way, make] of [
+      ["new ChildProcess", options => new ChildProcess(options)],
+      ["a class that extends ChildProcess", options => new Heir(options)],
+    ]) {
+      const answer = options => {
+        try {
+          return captures(make(options));
+        } catch (error) {
+          return error.code;
+        }
+      };
+      answers[way] = {
+        "captureRejections: true": answer({ captureRejections: true }),
+        'captureRejections: "yes"': answer({ captureRejections: "yes" }),
+      };
+      EventEmitter.captureRejections = true;
+      try {
+        answers[way]["while EventEmitter.captureRejections is true"] = answer();
+      } finally {
+        EventEmitter.captureRejections = false;
+      }
+    }
+    const asInNode = {
+      "captureRejections: true": false,
+      'captureRejections: "yes"': false,
+      "while EventEmitter.captureRejections is true": true,
+    };
+    expect(answers).toEqual({
+      "new ChildProcess": asInNode,
+      "a class that extends ChildProcess": asInNode,
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("ChildProcess.spawn()", () => {
diff --git a/test/js/node/http/node-http-stores-of-the-response-constructor.test.ts b/test/js/node/http/node-http-stores-of-the-response-constructor.test.ts
index ec858f8a0a3b..993723d66fe9 100644
--- a/test/js/node/http/node-http-stores-of-the-response-constructor.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/http/node-http-stores-of-the-response-constructor.test.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,35 @@ test("the setters of a class that extends ServerResponse get every store of its
   expect(stdout.split("\n")).toEqual(expected.split("\n"));
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
+
+test("OutgoingMessage and ServerResponse ignore captureRejections in their options, like Node.js", async () => {
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [
+      bunExe(),
+      join(import.meta.dir, "../../../aot/parallel/library-modules/http-messages-hand-no-options-to-the-emitter.mjs"),
+    ],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+  // What node v26.3.0 prints: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.3.0/lib/_http_outgoing.js#L107
+  expect({ stdout: stdout.split("\n"), stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({
+    stdout: [
+      ...[
+        "new OutgoingMessage",
+        "a class that extends OutgoingMessage",
+        "new ServerResponse",
+        "a class that extends ServerResponse",
+        "ServerResponse called on an object",
+      ].flatMap(way => [
+        `${way}, captureRejections true: false`,
+        `${way}, captureRejections "yes": false`,
+        `${way}, while EventEmitter.captureRejections is true: true`,
+      ]),
+      "",
+    ],
+    stderr: "",
+    exitCode: 0,
+  });
+});